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the 360 is a good roller & push rod engine, just its tough to squeeze the full potential out of them for performance applications. these obdII trucks really need a tuner chip and low gears. they run long and strong, not unheard of to surpass 300k miles. and it seems the aftermarket mechanical performance end is still being supplied well enough.
as for the 46re/ 46rh or chrystler trans "what ever" automatic, you may want to consider a stick, or spend $2k on a great upgrade in automatic.
the 4x4s are a stick selector on the floor

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i have a 727a 3speed auto right now. i've been told the magnum 360 will bolt to it. i was thinking that if i find a good donor 4x4 with a magnum 360 i might as well take the drive line too and get a 4 speed trans instead of the 3 speed. just for fuel mileage.

as for the EFI. my plan so far is to put an edelbrock rpm air gap intake on it and carb it. no computers allowed. keep it simple.

I say do it. My the 5.9 engine from my old 96 Ram worked hard from 100k to 180k before the rest of the truck rusted out from under it. I put new gaskets in the engine and swapped it into my 96 Grand Cherokee where it continues to run strong. Engine now has about 185k on it and I expect it to last as long as the body of the Jeep does.

Just don't ever expect good fuel mileage from them

As for the transmission... it sounds good on paper, and may work because your older Ram is lighter than what the drivetrain came out of (lighter=less work) but I trust the mid-90's Dodge truck auto transmission about as far as I can throw them (3 feet). I've had 5 auto transmissions between the two vehicles. That is why the new truck is a manual and why the wife gave me the go ahead to MAKE the ZJ a manual when the time comes.

i have read that article before. the issue is they changed the heads to aluminum aftermarket. from some of the articles i have read about using LA 360 and LA 318 parts is that you can achieve 400 HP with limited after market parts. you can build a beast of a motor with very little cost. this build shows after market heads....which are $$$$$$$. granted this build puts out more HP and torque. but the build options for the LA318 are plentiful and achive close (about 45 HP less) to the same goal at half the price.

What a waste of time. They use an LA 360 instead of the much more plentiful Magnum 360. The stock Magnum heads flow much better than the LA heads. With even a little bit of money they could have built a decent 406-408 stroker. I don't understand what the were trying to accomplish??? Everything is stock ???????????/

According to Larry Shepard in his book How to Modify you Mopar Magnum V8 "All Magnum engine blocks are made of high-nickle alloy, the same material used for DaimlerChrysler's special race blocks and 426 Hemi." He goes say that most other manufaturers only used this material for their race blocks but Mopar used it in all their production including 318s, 340s, 360s and Magnums.

If anybody is thinking about building a Magnum motor, I highly recommend Larry Shepard's book as well as How to Build Big-Inch Mopar Small Blocks by Jim Szilagyi.

The Magnum 360 with a carb is the way to go. Forget about the 4spd tranny - too much work and expense in my opinion. If you are going to spend that much money beefing up a 4speed auto, install an aftermarket overdrive and have a bullet proof 6speed 727.

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